BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2019 / Bright Mountain Media, Inc. (OTCQB: BMTM), a digital media holding company whose primary focus is connecting brands with consumers as a full advertising services platform, announced today that on April 21, 2019, it entered into a non-binding letter of intent ('LOI') to acquire Slutzky & Winsham Ltd. d/b/a/ S&W Media Group ('S&W') in a cash and stock transaction.

Based in Tel Aviv, S&W Media Group is a global, cross-screen video content delivery and monetization platform. S&W enables content owners and media properties alike with the ability to deliver precision based targeted content and advertising with proprietary machine learning data. S&W brings efficiency and value to media owners by enabling them to quickly build and grow their business across all screens around the world. S&W is a trusted and transparent platform verified by white ops, pixelate and powering the most premium direct and programmatic dollars across the globe and at scale.

The closing of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions precedent, including satisfactory due diligence by us and the execution of definitive agreements, including employment agreements with the principal officers and directors of S&W Media.

The purchase price for the transaction is $750,000 cash and up to 13,000,000 shares of our common stock of which 7,000,000 shares are payable at closing. The balance of 6,000,000 shares are payable over three years upon achieving certain forecasts, including the following:

(i) For 2019 - Revenues of $12,430,919 and EBIDTA of $715,193;(ii) For 2020 - Revenues of $18,192,454 and EBIDTA of $1,932,283; and(iii) For 2021 - Revenues of $19,404,498 and EBIDTA of $2,010,293.

Kip Speyer, Chairman and CEO of Bright Mountain Media, said, 'Recognizing the global presence of S&W Media and its young, creative and aggressive leadership makes this acquisition, if consummated, a major game changer for us. We believe that a global presence with offices in Israel will permit us to accelerate our growth worldwide.' Together with the acquisition of Inform, Inc., if consummated, as previously reported, Mr. Speyer further stated, 'We believe that the consolidation of our businesses will permit us to grow exponentially.'

'Today's announcement with Bright Mountain is very exciting for us. We believe that the combination of our companies will facilitate our ability to take advantage of global opportunities and grow our combined company internally as well as with strategic acquisitions', said Messrs. Slutzky and Winsham.

The LOI is non-binding and there are no assurances that Bright Mountain Media consummate the proposed acquisition of S&W Media Stockholders and investors should not place undue reliance on the LOI.

ABOUT BRIGHT MOUNTAIN MEDIA

Bright Mountain Media, Inc. (BMTM) is a digital media holding company whose primary focus is connecting brands with consumers as a full advertising services platform. Bright Mountain Media's assets include an ad network, an ad exchange platform and 25 websites (owned and/or managed) that provide content, services and products. The websites are primarily geared for a young, male audience with several that focus on active, reserve and retired military audiences as well as law enforcement and first responders.

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